4770k overclocking

[Milesgaming]

So with my 4770k under prime95 load I'm at about 45-50 deg with all cores online (3.7ghz according to realtempgt) how much will I be able to overclock? If I ge it to 4.5ghz, about what will my temps be?

[Panda of the Shadow]

One can't tell you how  hot it will run because all CPU's are diffrent. 

[DarrenP]

So with my 4770k under prime95 load I'm at about 45-50 deg with all cores online (3.7ghz according to realtempgt) how much will I be able to overclock? If I ge it to 4.5ghz, about what will my temps be?

Don't run Prime95 on your Haswell processors, I've heard it causes damage. Either run Aida64 or Intel Burn Test. 

[Theo]

all depends on your chip and how much voltage it needs, try 4.4 at 1.2V and see, if it boots and is stable youre lucky, try pushing more, if not, either incrase V or decrease le GHZ

[skullbringer]

every chip is different, there are some 4770k's that do 5 GHz at 1.2V and therefore stay around 70°C, others need 1.4V to get to 4.4 GHz and get hot as hell.

you need to try it out, and find out what your chip is capable of.

[DarrenP]

all depends on your chip and how much voltage it needs, try 4.4 at 1.2V and see, if it boots and is stable youre lucky, try pushing more, if not, either incrase V or decrease le GHZ

Silicon Lottery for the win!

[Theo]

Don't run Prime95 on your Haswell processors, I've heard it causes damage. Either run Aida64 or Intel Burn Test. 

prime95 actually stresses it less, ( for me temp is lower with prime95 than with aida and specially than IBT)

[DarrenP]

prime95 actually stresses it less, ( for me temp is lower with prime95 than with aida and specially than IBT)

I've heard the Prime95 does damage. However this was a while ago when Haswell was just coming out. Either way. 

[Milesgaming]

Don't run Prime95 on your Haswell processors, I've heard it causes damage. Either run Aida64 or Intel Burn Test. 

OK, thanks I'm downloading aida64 extreme now.

[Milesgaming]

I've heard the Prime95 does damage. However this was a while ago when Haswell was just coming out. Either way. 

What kind of cpu benchmark should I run? photoworxx or what?

[Theo]

OK, thanks I'm downloading aida64 extreme now.

you can also try OCCT

[Theo]

What kind of cpu benchmark should I run? photoworxx or what?

Cinebench r15

[DarrenP]

What kind of cpu benchmark should I run? photoworxx or what?

I usually like to run things like SuperPi and HyperPi. 

[TheDigitalRealm]

OK, thanks I'm downloading aida64 extreme now.

Yeah, go for AIDA64. Prime95 does indeed hurt the CPU from what I've heard. It's less about the temperature it achieves and more about the way in which it puts load on to your CPU. If you can run AIDA64 for around 6 hours with no problems, you should be good to go.

[Milesgaming]

Yeah, go for AIDA64. Prime95 does indeed hurt the CPU from what I've heard. It's less about the temperature it achieves and more about the way in which it puts load on to your CPU. If you can run AIDA64 for around 6 hours with no problems, you should be good to go.

How to I actually set up the benchmark?

[meneervent]

Don't run Prime95 on your Haswell processors, I've heard it causes damage. Either run Aida64 or Intel Burn Test. 

Not true, unless you have adaptive voltage on. But than Aida and IBT are just as bad if not worse.

 

A good stress test that doesn't make you limited by your temps (that are far above normal 100% load) is X264 benchmark. Together with the custom script you can find on the OCN haswell thread. Only reason I can run 1,408Vcore (1,38VIN) with a air cooler. 20 loops will be enough and this stress test load and temps are just a little bit higher than normal full load. (The temps are 10C higher than that I get in BF4(ultra, 1440p, res scale to 110%))

 

To all the people above: WHY run a synthetic stress test that makes your CPU much hotter, isn't anywhere NEAR a realistic load and just bottlenecks your OC with temperatures?

[TheDigitalRealm]

Use something like Cinebench since most of use it in the overclocking section of the forums. It generally gives a good idea of performance.

 

When overclocking, just increase the clock speed by 0.1 GHz a time, then stability test it (AIDA64) until it becomes unstable, then voltage by 0.010V at a time until it is stable.

 

You should be looking at around 4.4-4.6 GHz with an decent chip. If your temperatures start going north of 90 degrees during stability testing, decrease the voltage. 90 degrees is dangerous.

[Milesgaming]

Use something like Cinebench since most of use it in the overclocking section of the forums. It generally gives a good idea of performance.

 

When overclocking, just increase the clock speed by 0.1 GHz a time, then stability test it (AIDA64) until it becomes unstable, then voltage by 0.010V at a time until it is stable.

 

You should be looking at around 4.4-4.6 GHz with an decent chip. If your temperatures start going north of 90 degrees during stability testing, decrease the voltage. 90 degrees is dangerous.

OK I will, thanks alot !

[Erebus305]

Just go into your bios and enable turbo boost mode. You will get consistently 3.9GHz and its safe and stable and no worries about running hot. I did that cuz im lazy but it works.

[Milesgaming]

Just go into your bios and enable turbo boost mode. You will get consistently 3.9GHz and its safe and stable and no worries about running hot. I did that cuz im lazy but it works.

I've setup a big expensive custom waterloop, I ain't going to be lazy

[Erebus305]

lol I guess your right.

[KakaoDj]

Just go into your bios and enable turbo boost mode. You will get consistently 3.9GHz and its safe and stable and no worries about running hot. I did that cuz im lazy but it works.

You monster   

Why would one do that 

[Milesgaming]

You monster 

Why would one do that 

Because you're lazy, LOL

[KakaoDj]

Because you're lazy, LOL

If you had been lazy, you would have bought a premade like an alianware  :lol: 

[Milesgaming]

If you had been lazy, you would have bought a premade like an alianware  :lol:

How dare you name Alienware in a sofisticated forum?